immonex Kickstart Plugin

immonex Kickstart provides customizable components for integrating imported OpenImmo®-based property offers in real estate websites built upon multi-purpose themes in an easy and visually appealing way. Beyond that, it’s also a framework for add-ons, separate plugins that extend the functionality on the same foundation.

tl;dr
– See it in action at base.immonex.one!
– Install the free Team add-on for extended real estate agency/agent data handling and property related contact forms.
– Download a compatible OpenImmo import plugin [2] and example data at immonex.dev (free of charge for testing/development).
– Read the docs for detailed usage/customization instructions.

immonex®

immonex is an umbrella brand for various real estate related software solutions and services with a focus on german-speaking markets/users.

OpenImmo®

OpenImmo-XML is the de-facto standard for exchanging real estate data in the german-speaking countries. Here, it is supported by almost every common software solution and portal for real estate professionals (as import/export interfaces).

Plugins like immonex OpenImmo2WP [2] are used to import OpenImmo-XML data into the specific WordPress/theme/plugin data structures of the destination site.

Main Features

• Custom post type for properties
• Extendable custom taxonomies (property type, usage type, marketing type, project, location, features, labels)
• Special status flags per real estate object (reference, available, sold…)
• Flexible real estate search form
• Area/Radius search (Photon or Google Maps autocomplete)
• Property list and detail views
• Animated photo slideshows and floor plan galleries
• Integration of YouTube/Vimeo videos
• Embedding of 360° virtual tours from common providers
• Extendable sort options
• Shortcodes for embedding real estate components (suitable for use in page builder layout elements)
• Simple but powerful templating system (“Skins”)
• Clean and responsive default skin
• Property grouping (project taxonomy)
• Property location overview maps incl. clustered markers (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
• Property detail location maps (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
• Selectable map variants/views (road map, area map, topographic, satellite + streetmap layer)
• Customizable map marker image (SVG)
• Dynamic updates of property lists and location map views based on the current search parameters
• Meta tags for social media sharing (Open Graph, X/Twitter)
• Obtainment of user consent before loading external libraries (EU GDPR compliance)
• Various filter and action hooks for special adaptions
• Extension framework for separate add-on plugins
• Translation via translate.wordpress.org (GlotPress)
• Current POT file and German translations included as PO/MO files additionally
• Support for multilingual websites (Polylang or WPML)
• Compatible with immonex OpenImmo2WP (OpenImmo importer) [2]
• Compatible with immonex Energy Scale Pro (energy class visualization) [2]
• Compatible with immonex Notify (real estate e-mail marketing/automation) [2]

1. WordPress backend: Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin [1]
2. Select the plugin ZIP file and click the install button.
3. Activate the plugin after successful installation.
4. Check/Modify the default plugin options under immonex > Settings.
5. OPTIONAL: Install the Team add-on for extended agency/agent data handling and contact forms.
6. Install immonex OpenImmo2WP or another compatible OpenImmo import plugin and perform a first import. [2]
7. OPTIONAL: Create pages as templates for property lists and/or detail views including the following shortcodes.
8. OPTIONAL: Add Kickstart shortcodes to arbitrary pages or page builder elements as needed, e.g. for embedding property search forms or teaser lists.

Kickstart Shortcodes

Search Form: [inx-search-form]
List View: [inx-property-list]
List Sort Selection: [inx-filters-sort]
List Pagination: [inx-pagination]
Property Location Overview Map: [inx-property-map]
Property Details View: [inx-property-details]

(See documentation mentioned below for attributes and further details.)

[1] Alternative: Unzip the plugin ZIP archive, copy it to the folder wp-content/plugins and activate the plugin in the WordPress backend under Plugins > Installed Plugins afterwards.

[2] Current and fully functional versions of premium immonex plugins as well as OpenImmo demo data are available free of charge at the immonex Developer Portal for testing/development and demonstration purposes.

Documentation & Development

A detailed plugin installation/integration documentation in German is available here:

docs.immonex.de/kickstart

immonex Kickstart is free software. Sources, development docs/support and issue tracking are available at GitHub:

github.com/immonex/kickstart

1. 

   Default property archive page with all components

2. 

   Default search form with visible extended section

3. 

   Search form and list view on small displays

4. 

   Property detail view: header and gallery slideshow

5. 

   Property detail view: main description text

6. 

   Property detail view: details tab

7. 

   Property detail view: energy tab with Energy Scale Pro [2] based visualization

8. 

   Property detail view: location tab with OpenStreetMap/OpenLayers map

9. 

   WP backend: Central plugin/add-on options

10. 

    WP backend: Property list

1.9.18

• Release date: 2024-06-12
• Added Open Graph an X/Twitter Card meta tag support.
• Added basic support for post passwords to the regular single property template.
• Disabled a jerky gallery animation (single Ken Burns effect direction).
• Fixed two map template issues.
• Fixed a compatibility issue in Windows-based hosting environments.
• Updated dependencies.

1.9.13

• Release date: 2024-05-17
• Added new map types/variations (overview and detail page maps).
• Added search element (inx-)title-desc for querying regular property title and description fields (special cases).
• Added ability to exclude properties from lists based on taxonomy terms.
• Added support for PDF files in floor plan and energy pass galleries.
• Added a default value to a callback method for the the_title filter to prevent issues regarding incorrect calls by other plugins.
• Extended fulltext search possibilities.
• Improved gallery navigation arrow display (especially on small screens and touch devices).
• Improved search form range slider value display.
• Reworked application of inx_search_form_primary_price_min_max_values filters.
• Fixed a warning related to manually entered test data.
• Fixed several minor gallery display issues.
• Fixed a minor search form reset bug.
• Updated dependencies.

1.9.0

• Release date: 2024-01-22
• Added user consent options for embedded video and virtual tour players.
• Added 3 user consent content related filter hooks.
• Reworked plugin options structure.
• Added option for enabling/disabling gallery image links (full size/lightbox).
• Reworked retrieving of special variable/flag values.
• Fixed translation file selection (beta versions only).
• Updated dependencies.

See changelog.txt for the complete version history.